Life After ISIS The Northern Iraqi city of Sinjar has been recaptured from ISIS, but it’s a long way from back to normal. Read More
One Roof, Two Religions Displaced by Iraq’s new crises and the advance of ISIS, a Sunni and a Christian family have found peace living in the same house in Kirkuk.
The Real Peshmerga Ever since Kurdish fighters pushed back against ISIS last summer, the media has struggled to pinpoint exactly who the peshmerga are.
The 14 Most‑Read of 2014 R&K’s biggest hits of 2014, including jihadi gift shops, Chernobyl trespassing, and a laboratory of steak in Lima.
The Land of Jesus: Q&A with Linda Dorigo The Italian photojournalist visits nine countries of the Middle East to understand what life is like for Christians there.
The Stakes of Kobani Burying the bodies of Kurdish fighters fallen in neighboring Syria reopens old wounds in the heartland of Turkish Kurdistan.
Kurdistan’s New Voice Pop singer Helly Luv cavorts with lions, throws molotov cocktails and dances with AK47-waving peshmerga – and doesn’t wear an awful lot doing it.
Faith and Fear in Istanbul The Alevis, Turkey’s largest religious minority, have been persecuted for centuries. Will the fallout from the war in Syria only make things worse?
The Third Front Syria is in the fourth year of war, but its Kurdish population has refused to side with anyone but themselves. Does their democratic “third revolution” stand a chance?